Dec 7, 2017 - Politics & Policy

Trump remains historically unpopular

President Donald Trump. Photo: Alex Brandon / AP

President Trump's public approval rating is 32%, according to a new Pew Research poll. That's significantly lower than all recent presidents at this point in their presidencies — Obama (49%), W. Bush (80%), Clinton (48%), H.W. Bush (71%), Reagan (49%).

Why it matters: His approval has fallen 7% since February, and 12% among Republicans — though at 76% he still remains popular within his own party. With Democrats, his approval has fallen from 8% to 7% since February.

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Romney calls Stone commutation "historic corruption"

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Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Saturday tweeted a scathing response to President Trump's Friday night commutation of former associate Roger Stone's prison sentence, calling the move "[u]nprecedented, historic corruption."

Why it matters: Romney has emerged as the party's most prominent Trump critic. He sent shockwaves through Washington after announcing he would vote to convict Trump in the impeachment trial — becoming the only Senate Republican to break ranks and vote for the president's removal from office. Now he is the first major GOP lawmaker to condemn Trump's Friday night call regarding Stone.

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We're losing the war on the coronavirus

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By any standard, no matter how you look at it, the U.S. is losing its war against the coronavirus.

Why it matters: The pandemic is not an abstraction, and it is not something that’s simmering in the background. It is an ongoing emergency ravaging nearly the entire country, with a loss of life equivalent to a Sept. 11 every three days — for four months and counting.

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